JISC Design Competition 2020 Book

Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
Third Place
Team PSBC
Pelumi Oriola
Chigbo Okafor
Sharon Nwoke
Brian Ugo
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SABUNTAWA
From time immemorial, shelter has been one of the
most basic need of mankind and several conditions need to
be satisfied to be able to provide a conducive and healthy
environment. It is a known fact that the human environment
plays a significant role in his state of mind (psychology), it
shapes his behaviour and character.
The design theme is “RESTORATION”,
SABUNTAWA in Hausa language, it aims at providing
comfort and relief for internally displaced people in
northern Nigeria. The objective is to integrate them back
into the community while affording them a new lease of life
at an affordable cost. As such, the provision of this design
is cultural appropriateness, integrating the traditional
architecture style as both the abstract idea and also the
physical structure. Local materials are employed in the
construction processes.
Chigbo The Okafor design is a simple one, modern, affordable and also can be replicated across the region, the
construction does not require expertise or highly skilled labour, as all the materials to be used throughout the
construction process are locally sourced. There is special consideration for climatic conditions, culture and
religion of the people, with the provision of barns for storing crops and pens for their livestock. The spaces
provided are such that will help the users overcome every form of trauma they have been through in the past.
Introduction of courtyard architecture which is one of the very important features of the northern
Nigerian traditional architecture, the courtyard serves several functions which includes play area, prayer area
or special ceremonies and/ or rituals. Special consideration was also given to waste management so as to keep
the environment clean and free from infections as much as possible through the provision of squat toilets, squat
toilets require less water and are therefore suitable for the scope of this design.
JINKAI Initiative Shelter Competition
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